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Archive for October, 2009

Keren Richter is a Young Gun

New member of the Giant Artists family, Keren Richter, was recently selected as a Young Gun by the Art Director’s Club. The 7th annual worldwide competition honors a multidisciplinary group of fifty artists all under the age of thirty. Click here see her winning entry.

A selection of the winning work is currently on exhibition at ADC Gallery until Friday, November 6. The gallery is located at 106 West 29th Street in NYC, and is open Monday through Friday, 10-5.

Keren at the awards ceremony

Keren at the awards ceremony

The winning entries are featured in a limited edition book published by Moleskin

The winning entries are featured in a limited edition book published by Moleskin

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October 29th, 2009 at 4:47 pm

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BLAKE’S FINISHED GABRIEL IGLESIAS POSTERS

Silk screening by the fine folks at VAHALLA STUDIOS

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Written by Giant Artists

October 12th, 2009 at 4:18 pm

Posted in Blake E. Marquis

NEW DEVENDRA BANHART “WALILLAMDZI” ON STEREOGUM

Take a look at this radical new video that just premiered on STEREOGUM today!

Director: Lauren Dukoff
Cinematographer: David Black
Produced & Edited by Daft Arts

Written by Giant Artists

October 9th, 2009 at 5:44 pm

AARON RUELL FEATURED IN TITLE MAGAZINE

Check out this article about Aaron in the current issue of TITLE MAGAZINE, online and on newsstands now!

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Written by Giant Artists

October 9th, 2009 at 1:20 pm

Posted in Aaron Ruell

WILL LEMON ON INTERVIEW MAGAZINE’S FASHION BLOG

According to Ana Finel Honigman of INTERVIEW, “Even a serpent would refuse to shed the snakeskin patterned T-shirts that William Lemon III has created for Citizens of Humanity.”  We agree!  Read the rest of the article HERE.

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Written by Giant Artists

October 8th, 2009 at 8:14 pm

Posted in Uncategorized

NEW IMAGES BY MR. BLAKE E. MARQUIS

Blake worked with the fine folks at BBDO in New York to bring this Starbucks campaign to life:

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This guy loves it, he even got off his bike to check it out!

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Here is the latest poster Blake designed for MySpace:

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Written by Giant Artists

October 8th, 2009 at 6:58 pm

Posted in Blake E. Marquis

JEREMY & CLAIRE WEISS’ CONVERSE AD IN ROLLING STONE!

©Jeremy & Claire Weiss/Day19.

Written by Giant Artists

October 8th, 2009 at 6:34 pm

REDCAT- LINDA PERHACS PERFORMS WITH PROJECTED WORK BY DUKOFF, HOLZWORTH & LEMON

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7TH @ 7PM

THOUGHT FORMS & PARALLELOGRAMS: AN EVENING OF VISUAL MUSIC WITH LINDA PERHACS AND FRIENDS

“[Parallelograms is] one of the most mystifying and beautiful moments of the psychedelic era, on par with any outré work of the time.” LA Weekly

A celebration of Linda Perhacs’ seminal folk album “Parallelograms.”  This mystic creation from 1970 is one of our all-time favorite musical works. Linda’s masterpiece will come to life in this historic multimedia happening.  She will perform publicly for the first time ever and be joined on stage by some of the most stunning contemporary artists for uniquely crafted musical performance, visual art, film and dance.

Featured musicians include: Aaron Robinson, Ariana Delawari, Ben Knight, Blank Blue, Crystal Antlers, Hecuba, Julia Holter, LA Ladies Choir, Mia Doi Todd, Rio en Medio, Tom Brosseau, We Are the World and more.

Original Films by: Alia Penner, Andrea Fellers, Brian Close, Daft Punk, Hecuba, Jeremy Rendina, Jessica Hundley, John Wyatt, Kelly Sears, Matt Amato, Maximilla Lukacs and Nicole McDonald.

New dances choreographed by: Ryan Heffington.

Art projections by: Alia Penner, Amber Halford, Lauren Dukoff, Amy Jo Diaz, Andrea Fellers, Arik Roper, Jess Holzworth, Nora Keyes, Owl Eyes and Will Lemon.

$25/ All Ages/ Tickets can be purchased HERE

REDCAT
631 West 2nd Street
Los Angeles, 90012

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Written by Giant Artists

October 6th, 2009 at 2:35 pm

THE FINE LINE- FEATURING LAUREN DUKOFF & STEVE HARRINGTON

Mustache-inspired art for a good cause?  Uhm… yes, please!

Lauren Dukoff and Steve Harrington both donated pieces to be auctioned off (silently) to benefit Livestrong through the Movember organization.  The opening reception and auction will be held at the Openhouse Gallery in NYC on October 16th, click HERE to get involved!

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Written by Giant Artists

October 6th, 2009 at 2:20 pm

Posted in Lauren Dukoff